How to Interpret Windows Installer Logs

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 If you have a problem with the Windows Installer or an MSI package you're installing, it's a sure bet that you will be told by some smart person to "enable logging".

That's great advice, except ... what do you do with the log once you get it? Well, find out by popping over to my blog, where I walk through the contents of a typical Installer Log:

 

How to Interpret Windows Installer Logs

 

 

[Author: Richard Macdonald]

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